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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

I hope that none of you have been too concerned that I have been wallowing in the I-need-to-find-a-place-to-move-to Blues. While it has been on my mind (for sure), I have continued to carve out bits and pieces of time to MAKE. It just needs to happen to keep me from exploding.

This weekend I reached into my bag o' linkies and pulled out one that I had bookmarked ages ago, but never attempted. Koala Brains posted this little tutorial on how to make Felt Flower hair clips nearly a year ago. Yes, I'm a bit behind. ;)

These are so fun to make! I'm in the middle of a 100 Day Craft Burn, so it's a good thing I have been hoarding some goodies: ribbons and buttons, some elastic left over from a previous project, and my fat stack of felt (somehow I WAY overbought for that Felt Nativity project I was working on before Christmas last year). I could probably drum up some mismatched barrettes to use on these flowers, but I wanted to make Little Miss some hippie hairbands instead because clips seem to fall out of her hair all the time (and with her long curly hair she already looks so very much like a Flower Child). I hadn't yet attached the yellow and green one to a band when this picture was taken:

Little Miss, of course, thought they were BEAUTIFUL. She loves to run and play and jump and be loud, but she's also quite a girly girl and loves her some ACCESSORIES.

Quite bashful with picture taking, but you get the idea.

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ADORABLE -- and I've got a bin full of all kinds of ribbons... guess I know what my next quickie project is -- before making a sunbonnet for granddaughter and a grocery cart cover for granddaughter's cousin... and I still want to send for/make, another Quilts for Kids. Need-More-Time!

SO CUTE! That's so funny that you've posted this. I just finished putting together a craft tutorial on how to make a daisy headband, similar to yours except the daisy is made out of yarn instead of felt. I LOVE yours and the idea of using buttons for the flower-center :)

Feel free to check out my tutorial! It will be posted on my blog tomorrow :)

These came out beautiful. Good job! Nice to have a little one who will wear hair accessories. My daughter is 4 and still won't wear the hair clips I made for her and you can bet she has tons of them. Figures, doesn't it? LOL!